Sport. Faith. Life.

Coach Jessika Caldwell is the Assistant Athletic Director for Spiritual Formation and Girls Basketball Coach at Valor Christian High School in Colorado.  Jessika was standout player at Baylor, played professionally in the Czech Republic, and was a collegiate head coach. At Valor, she’s helped lead the girls basketball program to four state championships. She’s committed […]

Helmut Hensel serves as the Director of Staff  and Partner Development with Athletes in Action Canada. On first impression what really stands out about Helmut is the way he cares for people. He brings warmth, energy, humility, and a genuine desire to see others flourish. He has a gift for coming alongside people, listening well, […]

Roxanne Koop has served with Athletes in Action Canada for more than 20 years. Throughout her ministry, she’s invested in helping others discover what it means to follow Jesus in faith, life, and sport, serving in roles that have included university sports chaplaincy and ministry at international sporting events. Roxanne is also working with SPORT. […]

Hansson Labisig is a professor of theology at University of Santo Tomas in the Philippines. Hannson is the rare theologian, maybe the only Filipino theologian, that is interested in studying the intersection of sport and Christian faith. His Doctoral work focused on Hope as a Theological Virtue in the Athletic and Spiritual Lives of Filipino […]

  Jake McDermott is head of health and physical education at Geneva Christian College in Tasmania and has a passion for sport and faith. An athlete himself, Jake has transitioned into teaching and research with a keen eye for how Christian faith is formed in in young people in and through sport.  His research explores […]

Travis Vaughn is one of the key leaders behind the resurgence of Upward Sports, the largest youth recreation sports ministry in the United States. Each year, more than 225,000 young athletes participate in Upward programs run locally by churches across the country.  Travis is also an accomplished runner. After earning a college scholarship in the […]

Philip Leopold is a strategist, connector, and longtime advocate for the power of sport to serve humanity. Philip had a very successful career sports marketing – then was drawn in by the Vatican-inspired global movement Sport at the Service of Humanity, where he now serves in a leadership position.

John Ashley Null is a theologian and Anglican Bishop of the Diocese of North Africa. Ashley has also been longtime chaplain to elite athletes at the highest levels of sport. For over four decades—including six Olympic Games—he’s walked alongside world-class competitors, helping them navigate the pressures of performance and identity. As a theologian, Reverend Null […]

Dr. Rob Ramseyer is an intentional leader of athletics. He’s the Vice President of Athletics and Strategic Expansion at Friends University in Witchita, Kansas. Alongside his athletic leadership work, Rob and Friends University golf coach Dustin Galyon recently co-founded the Impactful Coaching Project, which trains coaches to develop the whole person, and so much more. […]

Symone Abbott first turned to Jesus hoping He would make her a better volleyball player—something she now describes as selfish. That initial request eventually blossomed into a humbling and joyful, life-changing faith. A multi-sport athlete growing up, Symone played at Northwestern University before building a professional career that has taken her to Italy, France, Puerto […]